Composition database

This is the Composition Database of BMC, which includes information about works by composers that are either Hungarian or Hungarian by origin or live in Hungary.

Title of the work

Three Songs for Soprano and Piano, Op. 13


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Három dal szoprán hangra és zongorára, Op. 13
Foreign language / English title
Three Songs for Soprano and Piano, Op. 13
Year of composition
1956

Type
Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s)
Number of players
2
Instrumentation
S., pf.
Duration
7 min

Movements, parts
1. Altató / Lullaby
2. Tavasz van, gyönyörű / It´s a beautiful spring
3. Tartózkodó kérelem / Modest wish

Text
JÓZSEF, Attila; CSOKONAI, Vitéz Mihály
Language
Hungarian / English
Publisher / Source
MS
Remarks, other info
Composed: 1954 - 1956

Based on poems by Attila József and Mihály Csokonai Vitéz

English translations by Ruth Goldboss and György Bánhalmi